Table 4
Changes in perceived mental health between 2019 and 2023, by gender: Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, 2023 Longitudinal sample

Changes in perceived mental health between 2019 and 2023, by gender: Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, 2023 Longitudinal sample
	"Fair" or "Poor" mental health in both years	Improvement to "Good", "Very good", or "Excellent" mental health in 2023	"Good", "Very good", or "Excellent" mental health in both years	Decline to "Fair" or "Poor" mental health in 2023
	%	%	%	%
Youth reported
Boys+/Men+	52	48	83	17
Girls+/Women+	671	331	741	261
Parent reported
Boys+	47	53	95	5
Girls+	49	51	932	72

Note(s):

Youth reports cover those aged 12 to 17 years in 2019 and 16 to 21 years in 2023.
Parent reports cover those aged 1 to 13 years in 2019 and 5 to 17 years in 2023.
Please note that gender is based on the gender reported back in 2019.
Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol. In this table, the girls+/women+ category includes girls and women as well as some non-binary persons. The boys+/men+ category includes boys and men as well as some non-binary persons.

Source(s):

2023 Canadian Health Survey for Children and Youth (Longitudinal component) (5233).

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